The ISHIDATE AWARD is considered a prestigious award given out during the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA) Congress which is held once every 2 years.

This year there shall be 5 awards and one of each will be presented to distinguish pharmacists who showed exemplary contribution either in the field of

1.Pharmacy Education,

2.Community Pharmacy

3.Hospital Pharmacy

4.Industrial Pharmacy

5.Pharmaceutical Research

Each member country of FAPA are invited to submit nominations for each of the above category.

The award will consist of

1.A certificate

2.A medal

3.USD1,000/- cash

4.Complimentary Registration to attend the 2008 FAPA Congress

The awardees must be present during the awarding on 7th November 2008 to receive the award and also present a paper in one of the Sections of FAPA based on their expertise.

The nomination sheet and all supporting documents, including a recent passport-sized photograph of the applicant must reach the respective FAPA-member organization and then subsequently forwarded to FAPA Secretariat by 29th Feb 2008.

Note:

The next FAPA Congress will be held on November 7 to 10, 2008 at Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore with the theme "Translational Research: The Approach to Quality Healthcare."